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Oswaldo Aquique

Venezuelan arranger and composer born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1970.

He began his musical studies at the Private Institute of Musical Education (IPEM) in Valencia, Venezuela with Betty de Vespa and Nelson Chalbaud, continuing his musical studies alongside his studies in Information Engineering, a field he currently practices.

He started in choral singing in 1984 and has since belonged to student, amateur, and professional choral groups uninterruptedly, becoming a member of the Camerata Barroca de Caracas, directed by Isabel Palacios. For over 30 years, he has researched the work and history of the famous Venezuelan vocal group Quinteto Contrapunto, and the arrangements written for this group by Rafael Suárez, even going so far as to transcribe into score some of the arrangements that were considered lost. He contributed part of his archive and reviewed scores for the book Choral Arrangements by Rafael Suárez (Vicente Emilio Sojo Foundation - 1999.)

His work as an arranger of Venezuelan and Latin American popular and folkloric music includes more than forty arrangements for different vocal configurations, some of which have been performed by prestigious groups such as the Ensemble Brahms de Caracas (Venezuela), "Les Trouvers" Ensemble from the University of Carabobo (Venezuela), Latin American Virtual Choir, Children’s Choir of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Lara State (Venezuela), Ancora Ensemble, "Adelis Fréitez" Polyphonic Choir, and Cantoría Larense, with one of his arrangements being part of the repertoire that this last group performed during the 2014 World Choir Games, winning first place in the competition.

He completed advanced studies in music theory at the University of Edinburgh, contemporary harmony, counterpoint, and composition with Carolina Hengstenberg, and choral composition with Masters César Alejandro Carrillo, Dante Andreo, and Luis Enrique Téllez.

Oswaldo Aquique

Venezuelan arranger and composer born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1970.

He began his musical studies at the Private Institute of Musical Education (IPEM) in Valencia, Venezuela with Betty de Vespa and Nelson Chalbaud, continuing his musical studies along with his studies in Information Engineering, a discipline he currently practices.

He started in choral singing in 1984 and has since belonged to student, amateur, and professional choral groups uninterruptedly, becoming a member of the Baroque Camerata of Caracas, directed by Isabel Palacios. For more than 30 years, he has researched the work and history of the famous Venezuelan vocal group Quinteto Contrapunto, and the arrangements that Rafael Suárez wrote for this group, even managing to transcribe some of the arrangements that were considered lost. He contributed part of his archive and in the review of scores for the book Choral Arrangements by Rafael Suárez (Vicente Emilio Sojo Foundation - 1999.)

His work as an arranger of Venezuelan and Latin American popular and folk music includes more than forty arrangements for different vocal configurations, some of which have been performed by prestigious groups such as the Brahms Ensemble of Caracas (Venezuela), "Les Trouvers" Ensemble of the University of Carabobo (Venezuela), Latin American Virtual Choir, Children’s Choir of the Lara State Youth Symphony Orchestra (Venezuela), Ancora Ensemble, Polyphonic Choir "Adelis Fréitez" and Cantoría Larense, one of his arrangements being part of the repertoire that the latter group performed during the 2014 World Choir Games, winning first place in the competition.

He completed advanced studies in music theory at the University of Edinburgh, contemporary harmony, counterpoint and composition with Carolina Hengstenberg, and choral composition with Maestros César Alejandro Carrillo, Dante Andreo, and Luis Enrique Téllez.

Oswaldo Aquique

Venezuelan arranger and composer born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1970.

He started in choral singing in 1984 and since then has been part of student, amateur, and professional choral groups without interruption, becoming a member of the Camerata Barroca de Caracas, conducted by Isabel Palacios. For over 30 years he has researched the work and history of the famous Venezuelan vocal group Quinteto Contrapunto, and the arrangements written for this group by Rafael Suárez, even transcribing some of the arrangements that were considered lost into sheet music. He contributed part of his archive and in the revision of scores for the book Choral Arrangements of Rafael Suárez (Vicente Emilio Sojo Foundation - 1999.)

His work as an arranger of popular and folk music from Venezuela and Latin America includes more than forty arrangements for different vocal configurations, some of which have been performed by prestigious groups such as the Ensemble Brahms de Caracas (Venezuela), "Les Trouvers" Ensemble from the University of Carabobo (Venezuela), Latin American Virtual Choir, Children's Choir of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the State of Lara (Venezuela), Ancora Ensemble, "Adelis Fréitez" Polyphonic Choir and Larense Cantoría, with one of his arrangements being part of the repertoire that the latter group performed during the 2014 World Choir Games, winning first place in the competition.